German Federal Chancellery reports Merz weekly activities - Speech Brief
17 July 2026 07:30 UTC · German Federal Chancellery · German Chancellor Statement · Source · Email X Link

German Federal Chancellery reports Merz weekly activities

Key points

  • National and international meetings and events
  • Cabinet advanced bureaucracy-reduction measures (~600 million euro)

TL;DR

  • 13 July 2026: Merz opened the Adenauer School of Government at the Universität zu Köln and later was received by French President Emmanuel Macron in Paris at the Koalition-der-Willigen summit.
  • 14 July 2026: Merz attended France's national day events in Paris and visited Bad Neuenahr to meet volunteers and commemorate Ahrtal flood victims.
  • 15 July 2026: The cabinet advanced further bureaucracy-reduction measures in the second Entlastungkabinett with an entitlement volume of around 600 million euro; Merz held a summer press conference.
  • 16–17 July 2026: Merz received Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune and co-led the Deutsch-Französischer Ministerrat and a defence and security council meeting at Fliegerhorst Nörvenich with President Macron.
Original text

Bundeskanzler Friedrich Merz verabschiedet im Bundeskanzleramt einen Gast. Foto: Bundesregierung/Marvin Ibo Güngör Die „Woche des Kanzlers“ wirft einen Blick auf die wichtigsten Momente im Arbeitsalltag von Bundeskanzler Friedrich Merz. Jede Woche nimmt er zahlreiche öffentliche Termine wahr – er greift wirtschafts- und gesellschaftspolitische Themen auf, tauscht sich mit nationalen und internationalen Gästen im Bund...

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